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Hillary Scott gushed: “We really only had one single [You Look Good] for the whole length of the tour and now we’ve released Heart Break as the second, so I think one of the most exciting things was seeing when the song starts to really connect. That was fun, by the end of the tour feeling like the fans knew more of the new stuff."

Dave Haywood added: “The crowds over here – we can’t say enough about them. They really dig into the records so much in Europe, they really fall in love with the lyrics and the musical content.”

The band are no strangers to Ireland, having played here on previous tours and as part of Country to Country Festival. Recalling Irish shows earlier in their career, Charles Kelley said: “I remember Dublin being pretty energetic. It’s interesting to see different cultures how they consume music and how they want to enjoy a live show.

“What I love over here is being able to pull out some of our songs like Hurt and introspective ballads and people really engage. Y’all dig into the record more than they do in the States.”

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Hillary added: “When we started as a band, this was something we only dreamed of, being able to travel so far away from the place we call home and our music being known.”

But it isn’t just the Irish crowds they enjoy. Dave joked: “We’ve been down in the Temple Bar pubs and restaurants. You do food and drink so well! We love to hang around Dublin and walk around the river. It’s really just a beautiful town. We’ve always had a great time here.”

Looking back at their headlining slot at C2C in 2015, Charles laughed as he remembered how roles were reversed.

He said: “In the states we would be opening for Jason Aldeen so it was odd having him play before is. It was kind of funny in that regard.

“It think C2C is really cool because it shows a lot of the different flavours of country music. There is a lot of different styles going on within the genre.

“We’ve been telling our country friends and other artists that they need to be coming over here for the last five or six years and finally C2C has come about and really started opening their eyes to the possibilities, because when you grow up in Georgia like we did, you just don’t think that country music is going to travel the globe like this.”

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Dave explained: “For a touring as a band for 10 years we haven’t really made any musical band changes up until this year, so You Look Good was a big, pivotal song that really shaped a lot of what we done this year.”

To put the new album together, the band set time aside and put themselves in a totally new surrounding by renting a house in Florida where they lived and worked under the same roof.

When that proved a success, they set up a second retreat in southern California.

Hillary said: “Even just removing the day to day routine of being at home and having to get the mail or go to the grocery store.

“When you’re outside of your normal, you’re able to just fully dive in head first to the process. Going to these beautiful locations in Florida and California, it was just really inspiring to be there but also to just have nothing pulling at us really other than wanting to create.”

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One of the distractions the band face is their growing families. Hillary and her husband – band drummer Chris Tyrrell – are expecting twins in February, while Dave and his wife Kelli Cashiola are expecting their second child in December.

They brought their families with them and Hillary said: “This is technically the third tour we’ve done here but it’s totally new because this is the first time our full families have been here and with the new music.”

Despite finishing up the You Look Good world tour, it’s set to be a busy few months for the band.

Looking ahead at what’s to come, Hillary said: “I’m having twins, so baby girl Haywood will come and then these girls will come and then we’re making plans to hopefully be working pretty hard next year too.

“We’re just going to find the new normal once we double the amount of children we have.”